Solar schools project threatened by renewable energy cuts

Campaigners say a charitable scheme to install solar panels in schools in England and Wales will be 'unsustainable' if cuts to the feed-in tariff go ahead

A charitable project that has installed more than 1,000 solar panels on schools in England and Wales will close next summer if government proposals to cut support for renewable energy go ahead.

Campaigners said on Wednesday that the "solar schools" project run by environmental charity 10:10 would become unsustainable under government proposals to dramatically cut the feed-in tariff for householders and communities who install solar panels on rooftops.